Natalie Barrett is a leader at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), primarily focused on human-machine-teams, artificial intelligence and advanced communications. She also serves on the Laboratory’s climate change strategy team. Prior to joining JHU/APL, she served across government and commercial industries focused on defense, innovation, robotics and biotechnology. Key projects include wearables, exoskeletons, isothermal assays (realized in the rapid COVID-19 diagnostic tests), microarray reader systems for the Human Genome Project, and cancer research.